Record guide



July 19, 1932-. v E, w 5M 1,868,276

RECORD GUIDE Filed April 13, 1929 ENTOR M2? ATTORNEY Patented July 19,1932 UNITED STATES ELMER W. DAVIS, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR,BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO REMINGTON RAND INC., OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF DELA-WARE RECORD GUIDE Application filed April 13,

This invention relates to a record guide adapted to be interposed in amass of records to indicate various subdivisions thereof and to aid andfacilitate the filing of the records.

An object of this invention is the provision of a record guide which issimple in construction,-efiicient in use and cheap to manufacture.

Another object of this invention is to provide a record guide havingmeans wherein an insert may be positioned, said means being disposedabove the body of the record guide and records, whereby it is in fullView. A further object of this invention is to provide a record guideconstructed in such a manner that it will not cause the mass of recordsto assume a fan-shape, that is, wider at the top than at the bottomthereof.

A specific object of this invention is to provide a record guide havinga body member, a tab extending therefrom and having a pocket formedtherein and provided with means for retaining an insert disposed in saidpocket.

Further objects will appear from the following description, appendedclaims and accompanying drawlng in which:

Figure-1 is a front elevation of the record guide constituting theinvention.

Figure 2 is a rear view of the record guide.

Figure 3 is a section taken on lines'3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawing wherein one modification of the inventionis illustrated and like reference numerals designate like parts, thereference numeral 1 designates a body member of the guide having a tab 2extending from the top is formed with a pocket 3 which is adapted toreceive an insert 4 having any desired indicia thereon. To retain theinsert 4 within the pocket 3, tongues or lug 5 are provided. In thedrawing four tongues are illustrated. two positioned adjacent the topand two adjacent the bottom of the pocket. It is, of course, to beunderstood that any number of tongues may be used and they may bepositioned wherever desired. The front face of the tongues may be soformed that they lie in the same plane as the front face of the thereof.The tab 2 192;). Serial No. 354,782.

guide. If desired, the tongues 5 may f'be' made so that they areresilient, whereby they may more effectively retain the insert 4 andprevent accidental displacement thereof.

i The rear face 6 of the pocket 3 lies in-a plane spaced fromand'substantially parallel to the rear face ofthe guide. In use, theseguides are ofttimes inclined. In order to PATENT OFFICE i prevent thewalls of the pocket, and especial ly the bottom wall 7, from engagingand'gripping any of the edges of adjacent records, they are rounded orinclined as clearly illustrated in Figure2. By this construction,engagement thereof with any of the adj acent records will cause saidrecords to slide over tlewalls and gripping thereofwill be avoid e Therecord guides, as above stated, are adapted to be introduced betweenmasses of record files. In order to eliminate any fanefl'ect, the bottomwall 7 of the pocket 3 is formed abovethe'top edge 8 of the guide. Thispermits the body member of the record and form a mass of uniformthickness.

The card insert 4 is positioned within the pocket by inserting the samebeneath the tongues 5. If desired, a piece of celluloid 9 or othertransparent ed over the insert, whereby the latter is protected.

The record guide above described may be made from any suitable material.I have guide to be in contact with the filed records I material may beinsertfound that, if the record guide be made from Q thin sheet-metal,such as aluminum, the pocket 3 and its cooperating tongues 5 may beformed by a simple stamping-out process.

In the drawing the tab 2 is illustrated as being in the center of theguide. merely for purposes of illustration, since it is obvious that itmay be formed at any position thereon.

I claim:

1. In combination with prising a piece of sheet material having a planarmarginal portion, a central portion completely surrounded by saidmarginal portion offset therefrom and parallel thereto.

a guide, a tab com- This is I and providing a label receiving pocket,and A means extending from said marginal portion and in a planetherewith, over said central portion for retaining a label in saidpocket.

2. As an article of manufacture, a guide comprising a rectangular bodymember of sheet material, an integral projection on one 7 edge thereofforming an index tab, said tab having a length substantially less thanthe length of the body member, a labelreceiving pocket in said tabformed out of the central portion thereof and offset fromfthe plane ofthe tab, the marginal portions of the tabsurrounding the pocket andlying in the same plane as the body member, and tongues integral withsaid tab, lying in the plane of the marginal portions thereof andextending over 7 said pocket for retaining a label in the pocket.

3. As an article of manufacture, a guide,

comprising a rectangular body member, of sheet material, an integralextension on one edge thereof forming an index tab, said tab having alength substantially less than the length of the body member andcomprising a marginalouter frame portion substantially coplanar with thebody member and an offset central portion surrounded by said frameportion and integrally joined on all sides to the frame portion toprovide a label receiving-pocket, and means on said tab for retaining alabel in the pocket.

I In testimony whereof, I have aflixed my signature to thisspecification. Y

ELMER W. DAVIS.

